Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35293, Nathaniel Evans, Mass

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Evans, Nathaniel
S 35 293
CONTENTS

1937, May 25 - Host to Harry W. and  the  MSO
35 293
Rev INVALID.
File No. 35-293
Nathaniel Evans
His Rev Mrs
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: —Vol. 2 , Page 128
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9873 Q Maine
Ralph Evans
of _____ in the state of who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Greaton of the Massa. line, for the term of 3 yrs
scribed on the Roll of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 20 of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 of April, 1818. and sent to Col. Crosby Esq. Belfast, Me.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819  $3.96 Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept. 1819  48 —
$131.96
10 m. \frac{11 \ 4}{30 \ 30}
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Died June 14, 1819 (A.P.)

South Scars, private book. Greatons Post off. line 1777-3 years, dec 20 th April 1800
Roll
Admitted

I have been of Connecticut in the country of Vermont in the District of Columbia on a date say and believe that I am seventy five years of age very vigorous and my mind very much broken - that I am a native and resident citizen of the United States since the adoption in the year of the revolution as a private soldier more than nine months that same time in part my services into the service of the United States upon the conti- nental establishment for three years and that after having taken the oaths of office at Fishkill I was embodied in Col. Buttress's Field Battery in a 9 th company by Col. Prentiss May Line & Throck the 2 nd Regt Mass Line in which I served and after I served my time out and was discharged at Bunker Hill on the North River in the winter of 1776. I have not my discharge.
Further say I am poor and stand in need of the assistance of my country for my support.
Nathaniel Evans

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
HANCOCK, ss.
ON the twentieth day of April A. D. 1818, before me the subscriber, one of the Judges of the Third Eastern Circuit, of the Court of Common Pleas, in said Commonwealth, including the Counties of Hancock, Washington and Penobscot : Personally appeared Nathaniel Evans who, being by me first duly sworn according to law, on his oath made the statement and declaration by him subscribed, and hereto annexed, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war."
And thereupon, I the said Judge do certify that I am satisfied the said Nathaniel Evans did serve in the revolutionary war, as stated in his said declaration, against the common enemy, and that he has made it appear to me, that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support.
Which proceedings and the testimony annexed, being all he has been able to produce, I now transmit to the Secretary, for the department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress.
IN testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name and caused the seal of said Court to be hereto affixed by Mason Shaw Esquire, Clerk of said Court for said County of Hancock.
William G. Dyer, Judge

May 25, 1937
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Mr. Harry W. Evans 13 Ellsworth Street Everett, Massachusetts
James Pratt Evans, S. 29145 Nathaniel Evans, S. 35293 RA-J/MLB
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War records of Barnabas Evans, of Palmer, Massachusetts, who was born in 1735, and served from Palmer; James Pratt Evans, Senior, who was born in Maine, served in the Revolution for which he was pensioned, and died in 1833 in Penobscot County, Maine, also, of Nathaniel Evans, who was pensioned in Hancock County, Maine, and died June 14, 1819.
There is no claim for pension or bounty land on file based upon service in the Revolution of Barnabas Evans as described by you. Such claims are the source of data furnished by this office in regard to soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Records have been found for James Pratt Evans and Nathaniel Evans which are furnished you, as follows:
JAMES PRATT EVANS S. 29145
The data herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, S. 29145, based upon service of James Pratt Evans in the Revolutionary War.
James Pratt Evans was born in Saco, District of Maine, in 1754; the names of his parents are not given.
While a resident of Gardiner, Kennebec County, District of Maine, James Pratt Evans volunteered in June, 1775, for eight months, served as private in Captain Bliss' company, Colonel Paterson's Massachusetts regiment, until August, 1775, then entered a detachment commanded by Captain McCobb, under Colonel Benedict Arnold, on the expedition against Quebec by way of Kennebec River, but on reaching Chandiere Pond, he returned to Cambridge under Colonel Knox and rejoined his regiment under his first named officers, then marched to New York and from there to Canada where he was discharged in August, 1776.
Capt. McCobb's company in
rec'd - June

In 1818, the soldier was a resident of Gardiner, District of Maine. He applied for pension September 14, 1832, at which time he was living in Orono, Penobscot County, Maine, where he had lived six years. The claim was allowed. He died March 19, 1833.
James Pratt Evans was survived by a widow, Susan Evans, who died a year after. In 1853, the only surviving children were Elisha Evans, in regard to whom no details were given, and Margaret P. Evans who was then living in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine. Reference was made to another son of the soldier, Joseph Evans who served in the War of 1812 as a private in Captain R. K. Goodenow's company, 33" U. S. Infantry, but died prior to 1853. There is no claim for pension on file in this office on account of the service of Joseph.
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NATHANIEL EVANS S. 35293
The record follows of Nathaniel Evans as found in pension claim, S. 35293, based upon his service in the Revolutionary War.
The date and place of birth and names of the the parents of Nathaniel Evans are not shown.
Nathaniel Evans enlisted sometime in January, 1777, for three years, served as private in Captain Child's company, Colonel Greadon's Massachusetts regiment, and was discharged in the winter of 1780.
The soldier was allowed pension on his application executed April 20, 1818, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and a resident of Searsport, Hancock County, District of Maine. He died June 14, 1819.
No family data are shown in the claim.
In order to obtain date of last payment of pension and name of person paid, you should write to the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data: Nathaniel Evans, Certificate #9673, issued April 25, 1819, rate $8 per annum, commenced April 20, 1818, Act 18" March, 1818, Maine Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator